Remarks from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, delivered at the Global Climate Action high-level closing event at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on Wednesday 19 November 2025.

The US government has taken steps to modify its reciprocal tariffs and exempt certain food products. This is likely to ease pressure on consumers over time and benefit the exporting countries. South ...

SA has a clear opportunity to become Africa’s first AI-powered economy – if it can successfully combine its AI, power supply and spectrum strategies. This is according to Naveed Kashif, Mobile ...

South Africa is researching launching ammonia-powered iron ore carriers between Saldanha Bay and Rotterdam, if successful this could mark a turning point for African trade. The project positions the ...

Rwanda’s trade policy is being revised to address long-standing gaps that have limited the country’s trade performance and competitiveness. A revised policy will address issues such as a narrow and ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

SA has real chance to become Africa’s first AI-powered economy, says Nokia (ITWeb) SA has a clear opportunity to become Africa’s first AI-powered economy – if it can success ...

Alan Wm. Wolff is Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He began his four-year term in this position on 1 October 2017. He was formerly Senior Counsel at the global law firm ...

Ms Viola Sawere has over 15 years’ experience in international trade policy, private sector development and multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) ...

Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments ...

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

Over the past 10 years, intra-Africa trade has grown from US$ 98 billion in 2013 to US$ 102 billion in 2022. Despite this performance, intra-Africa trade as a share of Africa’s global trade has ...